Sulawesi ikat - rare and striking

This article is a stub, to be elaborated. While Sulawesi is mostly renowned for its bark cloth, made with ancient techniques here developed to a very high degree, it has also produced highly valued ikat. The best known are the ikat textiles made in the Toraja and Bugis regions. Until the early 20th C. ikat was also produced in the Minahasa, in the very north of the island. Please refer to the respective chapters: